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 I'm very surprised no one has asked
#8725123
11/03/22 01:41 AM
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Texas Dan
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What firearm and load will you be carrying to your stand on Opening Day?
Since I'll have a pasture on one side and a wooded pond on the other, I'll be carrying my Winchester Model 70 Featherweight chambered in 25-06. One of the earlier wildcat loads that's good for both short and long distance, the magazine will be loaded with Hornady 110-grain ELD-X.
Last edited by Texas Dan; 11/03/22 01:50 AM.
"When the debate is lost, insults become the tool of the loser."
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 01:46 AM
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Stompy
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270 with 130 grain Hornaday.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 01:51 AM
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txtrophy85
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Bear Super Kodiak pulling 47#. 528 grain black eagle instinct arrow with a 100 grain outsert collar tipped with a 125 grain Magnus Snuffer
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 01:52 AM
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Superduty
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Browning A-bolt. Leupold Vari-x iii with 3.5-10x50mm. 7mm mag Hornady BTSP 164 gr interlocked.
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'It's Only Treason if You Lose."
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 01:55 AM
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TexasDan82
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Winchester XPR .300 WSM. I don’t plan on doing any tracking this season.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 02:01 AM
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Whenever my "opening day" will be, I'll be carrying my usual Marlin 36A 30-30 with Win Super X 150gr power points.
Awake - Not Woke!
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 02:03 AM
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Tikka 260. Nosler 120 gr BTs. Leupold VX5 3-15 scope.
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 02:25 AM
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Trusty 'Ol 7mm-08 with my handloads. 140 grain for deer, keep a couple of 160 gr rounds in my pocket in case hogs show up. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2022/11/full-56101-368544-7mm_08_e.jpg) 160 gr. Load: ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2022/11/full-56101-368545-160_grain.jpg)
Last edited by flintknapper; 11/03/22 02:26 AM.
Spartans ask not...how many, but where!
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 02:25 AM
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I'll be bow hunting tomorrow and Friday, but if I haven't stuck a deer by Friday night, I have packed the Browning BAR that I got from 603Country for Saturday AM. .270 topped with 130gr accubonds.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 02:43 AM
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Ol Thumper
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Remington 700 416 Remington Mag with 350g Speer soft points
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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#8725189
11/03/22 02:49 AM
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Erny
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Going old school. Plan on carrying my 1970s Rem 700 in 30-06. Will be using 180 grain Remington core locs.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 02:52 AM
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txtrophy85
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Trusty 'Ol 7mm-08 with my handloads. 140 grain for deer, keep a couple of 160 gr rounds in my pocket in case hogs show up. 160 gr. Load: I’m curious to know what wild hog currently walking the earth cannot be swiftly dealt with using a 7mm-08 and a 140 grain ballistic tip?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 03:08 AM
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DQ Kid
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Trusty 'Ol 7mm-08 with my handloads. 140 grain for deer, keep a couple of 160 gr rounds in my pocket in case hogs show up. 160 gr. Load: I’m curious to know what wild hog currently walking the earth cannot be swiftly dealt with using a 7mm-08 and a 140 grain ballistic tip? The 160 gr. just makes them more dead, lol.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 03:23 AM
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Lately, I’ve really become fond of my 1971 Marlin 30-30 with 4x weaver scope. My uncle gave it to me years ago. Never really took it out to last year.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 03:23 AM
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huntincoach
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My ol 270 with whatever shells that were left over from last year.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked
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11/03/22 03:32 AM
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Z71nTexas
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![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2022/11/full-70654-368548-20220305_160503.jpg) Mossberg 500 12 ga Winchester Super X rifled slugs with a ATN 4K Pro 3x14
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 04:05 AM
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FTWshooter
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I always use the same three rifles for every opening weekend: dad’s 760 30-06,(150 grain Hornady ) granddad’s Mauser 35 Whelen (200 Nosler) and grandmother’s Mauser .257 (Nosler 100) It’s a tradition/honor thing for me, may seem silly to some…but not to me.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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#8725260
11/03/22 05:25 AM
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Sniper John
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Remington 700 Classic in 6.5x55. Currently using the Swift 130gr Scirocco. Backup and walk around rifle is an over under Barnaul combination 6.5x55 X 12GA, but I use cheaper PPU soft points in that one.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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#8725299
11/03/22 11:34 AM
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A Benelli Lupo in .300 WM shooting Hornady 150 gr Interlock. My opening day is in New Mexico for mule deer.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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#8725303
11/03/22 11:44 AM
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jrfan
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Tikka M695 in 25-06. Hornady 117 GR. SST, plus some new 110 GR. soft point reloads. All I have to do it point it in the right direction, it does the rest.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
[Re: Z71nTexas]
#8725308
11/03/22 11:50 AM
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Texas Dan
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Mossberg 500 12 ga Winchester Super X rifled slugs with a ATN 4K Pro 3x14 
Last edited by Texas Dan; 11/03/22 11:54 AM.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 11:55 AM
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Stub
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Browning 270 A-Bolt Boss with a Leupold 3 x 9 x 40, shooting Remington 130 grain CORE-LOKT.
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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#8725323
11/03/22 12:04 PM
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MWTX270
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My trusty old Winchester model 70, featherweight. 130 gr Nosler partition
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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#8725351
11/03/22 12:42 PM
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Troy king
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![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2022/11/full-65450-368558-screenshot_20221103_071438.png) Probably this...I want to take something with the 7.62x39
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Re: I'm very surprised no one has asked.
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11/03/22 12:45 PM
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Davis300
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My Ruger 10/22 or possibly my M2 Browning .50 cal. Will decide before I head to the stand.
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